'''1853--'''Sumter County was created from Marion County.&nbsp; '''County seat:''' Bushnell <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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'''1853--'''Sumter County was created 8 January 1853&nbsp;from [[Marion County, Florida|Marion]] County.<br>'''County seat:''' Bushnell <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

*{{RecordSearch|1457854|1885 Florida State Population Census}} - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.